Comments on: TACOMA: Where’s fire department accountability? http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/ Your views in 250 words or less Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ItalianSpring http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94700 ItalianSpring Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:33:25 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94700 Let the defense of the fire department by cop haters begin. All 70 plus firefighters who are on duty will enjoy their support. The amount of fires that occur on a daily basis justify 70 plus. Right?

]]> By: harleyrider1 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94648 harleyrider1 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:54:04 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94648 Well, we should move to change some things in the contract. A good first step would be to examine the shifts to eliminate working just a few days a month. Right now we pay them to sleep and work on a 24-hr basis. It only takes a few days in a month to get their 160-hrs in (4-40hr work weeks).

More than one guy lives out of Country and several live in locations other than Western Washington because it is so sweet of a deal.

Specialty pay needs to be re-examined. There is “specialty” pay for almost every position on a truck, some of it dating back to when there were bell-ringers.

The contract is a public document – get a copy. See what you think and let Mr. Anderson or the Council know. Course no one has a better lobbying union the T.F.D. No one.

]]> By: sincere http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94461 sincere Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:59:39 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94461 How about a all volunteer fire Dept.?That was what the town had when I was growing up had, and they were very good at what they did.

]]> By: KARDNOS http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94426 KARDNOS Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:16:02 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94426 Hey Gayle. I have a great idea. When the fire department runs out of money for the year, we just shut them down so that your taxes won’t increase by $50 a year.

]]> By: Frida http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94327 Frida Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:18:12 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94327 I would LOVE to see how wonderfully efficient the fire department would be if we only offered a minimum wage salary.

]]> By: xtp855 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94248 xtp855 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:14:45 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94248 Evil scary unions!

]]> By: oldman4 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94225 oldman4 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:43:46 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94225 Great point Publico, sounds like you got the rest of the story so go ahead and spout off

]]> By: Publico http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/04/29/budget-accountability/#comment-94212 Publico Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:21:16 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/?p=23776#comment-94212 Hey Gale, how do you know that there have not been a higher number of fires or other emergencies to which the fire dept. needed to respond? Try to get the rest of the story before you spout off.

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